Orchids
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♥May. 22nd, 2014 // 04:17 pm♥
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We had some much-needed rain, last night, and a bit more this morning: hopefully, that will get the resting half of the field growing again. The non-resting half is, thankfully, getting eaten down a bit now. A couple more days and we should be able to stop using the muzzles, which the boys will appreciate.
Jodie's leg seems to be healing nicely. We had a slightly longer but still careful walk today: no chasing around in the undergrowth, but not on the lead either so that she could sniff around the place. I even remembered to not come back the way that involves going over a stile!
There's a not-early-purple orchid by the side of the road, in the woods, but we've only seen it in passing from the car: I might take Jodie up that way tomorrow, if the vet gives her the all-clear, and see if I can get a better picture than the one Mike took through the car window.
We inherited these chives, but they're looking very pretty (and doing quite well, cut, in the house):
The hop is romping away, growing visibly from day-to-day, or even morning-to-afternoon. It's up past the top of the stake, now, so it's a good job that we put the wire up the side of the house for it:
Oh, and another mouse overnight. Still, the rate's definitely slowing down! I was vacuuming earlier, so I pulled all the bird food bins out and had a good tidy-up around them. Now I can keep an eye out for peanut skins and sunflower seed shells appearing on the floor. |
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Oh, Jo Jo...
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♥May. 22nd, 2014 // 09:36 pm♥
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Oops. Jodie just rolled over for tummy tickles and revealed that she's popped the external retaining stitches on her leg. It doesn't look as though the internal ones have gone, but it is gaping open a bit.
Mike's talked me out of calling the 24 hour line, and he's right that there's nothing to be done, but I've got a nasty feeling they'll be taking her in for another op first thing tomorrow. I just hope that she doesn't fiddle with it in bed tonight. |
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